Bruce Benge of Grand Junction was named the 2009 small business champion of the year by the National Federation of Independent Business and Solveras Payment Solutions.

Madalyn Gastineau with the Western Colorado Volleyball Club 15-Blue team hits a winner over the defence from Bighorn Toyota from Glenwood Springs.

Bridgette and Glenda Haggerty stand along a trail near Rim Rock Road on Colorado National Monument.

A hiker snowshoes down a hillside near Camp Bird in Yankee Boy Basin.

Family members console each other while a home at 807 S. 11th street in Montrose smolders in the background.

A flock of geese land in a corn field along G Road between 24 1/2 Road and 25 Road more then 100 geese were in the field.

Sunshine illuminates the colorful feathers of a Mallard in a group of ducks at Corn Lake.

Rocky Mountain Rotomilling removes asphalt from Main Street between First and Second streets Monday afternoon in downtown Grand Junction.

Tami and Russ Parker, owners of the new Feedlot Restaurant in Fruita.

Members of the Montrose Fire Department work to put up flames in home at 807 S. 11th street in Montrose Sunday afternoon.

Mary Sue Posta of Ridgway talks about her hopes for the adult stem-cell treatment she’ll be undergoing in Costa Rica.

Ali Hasan is one of three Republicans running for state treasurer